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Triphoridae
Sign in to saveTriphoridae is a family of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the informal group Ptenoglossa, within the clade Hypsogastropoda. Almost all the species in this family are micromollusks and almost all are left-handed in shell-coiling.
Species
left-handed hornsnails
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderCaenogastropoda incertae sedis
- FamilyTriphoridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5,735
- With media
- 68
- Family
- Triphoridae
- Collections
- LACM, UCMP, UF, USNM, CM
- Recorded in
- United States, French Polynesia, Mexico, Philippines
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Neotaenioglossa
- Image
- Monophorus perversus 001.jpg
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- Commons category
- Triphoridae
- topic's main category
- Category:Triphoridae
- taxon name
- Triphoridae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon common name
- Verkehrtschnecken
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Distribution
- Shell description
- Taxonomy
- Genera
- References
- External links
Triphoridae is a family of very small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the informal group Ptenoglossa, within the clade Hypsogastropoda. Almost all the species in this family are micromollusks and almost all are left-handed in shell-coiling.
==Distribution== Species of this family can be found worldwide, but the major part occurs in the Indo-Pacific Region. Most species live between the intertidal zone and offshore to a depth between 200 m to 500 m (exceptionally below 1,000 m).
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